Module Information

The specific content will depend largely on the student's chosen subject of specialty. The following elements will underpin all tutorials.

1. An exploration and analysis of the best way to approach appropriate research methodology.
2. An investigation of research sources and how best to exploit these.
3. A critical reflection of the intended 'audience'.
4. Structuring the necessary elements in advance of the first draft.
5. The importance of re-writing and re-drafting all work.
6. Specific feedback on the stages of writing from outline, to draft to final submission. Including: ideas notebooks, identification of character and place, story outlines etc.
7. Commercial application of the writing portfolio (career progression).

Students will specialise in one genre or format, building on the structures they have learned in Semester One and the research they have carried out in Semester Two. This module requires students to apply all that they have learned to produce a substantial portfolio of professional-quality writing. In the case of students in the Film strand, this will consist of an Outline and full script for a feature film. For students in the Broadcast strand, this may consist of a Series Bible for an originally-conceived series, and one or more episode scripts. Students will explore a variety of working methods, and will be evaluated in terms of both process and product exploring complex issues within their writing discipline.
A portfolio proposal will be submitted before the Easter Break so an appropriate supervisor can be assigned.

1. This module will develop the students' understanding of the practice of media writing pertinent to their chosen field of specialty while demonstrating a systematic awareness of the practical mode in which they are working. The module allows students to apply the information they compiled in Semester Two's Research Project. (Genre, Individual Research) and requires that they are able to critically analyse their own work in relation to the classical models supplied. They are not expected to follow any particular structure slavishly, but are encouraged to draw from the templates studied and defend their decisions.
2. Students will develop a final, substantial, professionally developed piece of writing. The writing produced will depend on their strand (Film or Broadcast) and their chosen genre or format.
3. Students will be matched with an appropriate supervisor and required to work independently with regular tutorials.